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UK Screenwriter Launches Pixar-Style Brain Trust
By StudentFilmmakers.com
posted Aug 29, 2011, 12:43
Stephen Marsh, a UK screenwriter and copywriter, uses Pixar-inspired development process to produce a new short film, "Corners."
Stephen Marsh, a UK screenwriter and copywriter, uses Pixar-inspired development
process to produce a new short film, "Corners."
(Kent, United Kingdom) Stephen Marsh, a British web content copywriter and
screenwriter, announced a new project designed to mimic the story development
techniques made famous by animation studios worldwide. By opening up the process
of writing an animated film script to the community, Marsh hopes to get the
valuable feedback and resources that he needs to make his vision a reality.
"I had an idea for an animation," says Marsh, "And it’s
really my love-letter to the great animation storytellers. But I’m acutely
aware that it’s an expensive, time-consuming business. That’s why
companies like Disney and Pixar scrutinise their stories at every level –
it helps to guarantee that the product is basically good, before anybody spends
too much money. For this new idea, ‘Corners’, I’m appealing
to the community of other writers and animation fans to throw their feedback
at the script before it’s even written."
"Corners" comes from an idea about the fate of traditional hand-drawn
characters, and the grudge that they might hold against the CGI characters that
have stolen the limelight. In this short film, the wealthy CGI characters make
a generous donation to the hand-drawn community – corners on streets,
introducing a third dimension into their two dimensional lives. Currently, this
idea exists as an outline that is available for the community to read online,
and Marsh intends to make every stage of development as transparent as possible.
“It’s very early days for the project,” says Marsh, “and
that’s probably what I think is so exciting about this whole thing. I
intend to document every stage of the process and I’m hoping that people
are inspired to get involved in new ways, with sketches, music, or just their
feedback. Of course, everybody who posts a comment and becomes part of our Corners
‘Brain Trust’ will be credited on-screen if the project makes it
to any kind of finished stage!”
By demystifying the development process and giving writers and animation fans
alike an insight into the process of making an animated short, Stephen Marsh
hopes to inspire the community to make Corners a short film of their own.
Resources:
http://stephenmarsh.org.uk/
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